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Pub near [[Locale Regent's Park|Regents Park]], serving tapas all day plus gastropub food at lunchtimes and evenings.
Pub near [[Locale Regent's Park|Regents Park]], serving tapas all day plus gastropub food at lunchtimes and evenings. The decor is shabby-chic standard-gastro <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3423959945/ photo]</small>.
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The decor is shabby-chic standard-gastro <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3423959945/ photo]</small>. Tables are laid for service downstairs, and there's also a couch area to the left of the front entrance. Behind the island bar is a small, thin beer garden with some couches as well as tables with cover. There are also tables outside on the street, on both sides of the pub.
[[Kake]] visited on a Monday afternoon in April 2009. It was empty when I arrived a little after 4pm, but when I left an hour later there were a couple of dozen people in despite it being right at the start of the week. Music was playing &#8212; reggae, Pink Floyd, instrumental jazz &#8212; though not too loud. Beers available were Adnams Bitter (&pound;1.40/half) and Marston Pedigree.
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[[Kake]] visited on a Monday afternoon in April 2009. It was empty when I arrived a little after 4pm, but when I left an hour later there were a couple of dozen people in despite it being right at the start of the week. Music was playing &#8212; reggae, Pink Floyd, instrumental jazz &#8212; though not too loud.
They do gastropub-type food <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3424353267/sizes/l/ photo of menu as of April 2009]</small> at lunchtimes and evenings (and there's a restaurant upstairs if you don't want to eat in the pub part), plus tapas all day <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3424353267/sizes/l/ photo of tapas menu]</small>.
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Beers available were Adnam's Bitter (&pound;1.40/half) and Marston Pedigree. They have a range of standard and premium lagers, including Lowenbrau (&pound;1.60/half), though the main focus is on the fairly lengthy wine list (two sides of a laminated A4 page).

They do gastropub-type food <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3424353267/sizes/l/ photo of menu as of April 2009]</small> at lunchtimes and evenings (and there's a restaurant upstairs if you don't want to eat in the pub part), plus tapas all day <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/3425157308/sizes/l photo of tapas menu]</small>. Food is served 12:30pm-3:30pm and 6:30pm-10:30pm Monday to Friday, and 12:30pm-10pm Saturday and Sunday.

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On [[Ewan]]'s June 2009 visit, he tried the mixed tapas plate (&pound;8.50 for vegetarian only, &pound;12.50 including cured meats). It was a reasonable selection, served with some rather nice toasted flatbread, and included a decent hummous and a rather less interesting baba ganoush (lacking the full smoky aubergine flavour of a really good baba ganoush), a couple of stuffed vine leaves, grilled courgettes, marinated wild mushrooms, cannellini bean salad, and some lettuce leaves. In all, it was a large and reasonable selection for the price.

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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Ewan]], 29 June 2009. Opening hours and food times taken from Time Out website, June 2009.</div>
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], 6 April 2009.</div>
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Pub near Regents Park, serving tapas all day plus gastropub food at lunchtimes and evenings. The decor is shabby-chic standard-gastro photo.

Kake visited on a Monday afternoon in April 2009. It was empty when I arrived a little after 4pm, but when I left an hour later there were a couple of dozen people in despite it being right at the start of the week. Music was playing — reggae, Pink Floyd, instrumental jazz — though not too loud. Beers available were Adnams Bitter (£1.40/half) and Marston Pedigree.

They do gastropub-type food photo of menu as of April 2009 at lunchtimes and evenings (and there's a restaurant upstairs if you don't want to eat in the pub part), plus tapas all day photo of tapas menu.

I was planning to eat dinner elsewhere, so only tried one of the tapas dishes; they had no problem with me ordering just a single item, which suggests this might be a good stop for a tapas crawl. I went for the paprika pork belly skewers (£4) photo; these were fine, fairly moist, and tasty enough, with a reasonable tahini sauce on the side.

Kake's verdict: I'd come back. The Food And Drink In London review linked below recommends their soupe de poisson, and I do hope it's on the menu next time I come here. I also note that their website advertises a cocktail menu including amaretto sour, which I'm keen to try as I've never had one in a bar as good as the ones I make myself.

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Last visited by Kake, 6 April 2009.

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